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Peer reviewedKelly, Alison; Smail, Barbara – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
Attitude, achievement, and sex stereotyping tests administered to 11-year-olds reveal boys are more sex stereotyped; able and middle-class girls are less sex stereotyped; feminine self-image is linked to low achievement and masculine self-image to high achievement; and children endorsing sex stereotypes show less interest in science associated…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Occupations, Preadolescents, Psychological Studies
Alexander, Janet; Garrett, Candace – 1976
This paper reviews the literature concerning attitudes of fifth and sixth grade students to provide background information for instructional designers and scriptwriters from the Skills Essential to Learning Project, which develops television/film series and related print materials for different grade levels to enhance the teaching of thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRoberts, Lance W.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1989
Finds that, among 46 Inuit and 11 White 10-16-year-old students in the Northwest Territories (Canada), Inuit students had less modern values than their white peers, but Inuit scores varied considerably both within and among the 5 value orientations examined. Contains 34 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Canada Natives, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBlatchford, Peter – Educational Studies, 1992
Discusses results of interviews with 11 year olds in a longitudinal study of educational progress. Reports that students were aware of the importance of school work. Describes most students as looking forward to secondary school and the study of more specialized subjects. Reports that children perceived academic success as within their control.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
From Nerds to Normals: The Recovery of Identity among Adolescents from Middle School to High School.
Peer reviewedKinney, David A. – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reports on study in which 81 high school students were interviewed about group stratification and its impact on individual adolescents. Finds many students labeled as "nerds" in middle school were able to improve their self-concept and reconstruct themselves as "normal" in high school. Contends expanded range of school activities and more diverse…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Sociology, Individual Development
Nicolson, Roderick I.; Parrott, Lisa J. M. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
This study evaluated the Computer Aided Grading Exercises (CAGE) authoring system on ease of creating programs, popularity of such programs, ease of progression through created exercises, and transfer of learning. Subjects were 12-year-olds with moderate learning difficulties. It was found that the system produced popular exercises and engendered…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Learning Problems
Nachmias, Rafi; And Others – 1985
The process through which the basic principles and concepts of computer programming language are acquired by children was investigated via the development and testing of a teaching unit for fourth and sixth grade students. This unit had three components: (1) basic programming without variables; (2) basic programming with variables; and (3)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Processes
